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Five games for Doomsday is a show in which people are thrust into a cabin in the woods but can only take five of their games with them. Which will they choose?

Five Games for Doomsday Ben Maddox

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    • 4.8 • 58 Ratings

Five games for Doomsday is a show in which people are thrust into a cabin in the woods but can only take five of their games with them. Which will they choose?

    Paula Demming

    Paula Demming

    This week's guest is the creative force behind Things Get Dicey, Paula Demming. We talk about being an actor, the amount of board game media and the addiction of acting...but which games did she choose?

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    The Temple of Elemental Evil-Prologue 3-Lady Blue Sees The Truth

    The Temple of Elemental Evil-Prologue 3-Lady Blue Sees The Truth

    In this episode of 5G4DnD Ben is joined by CarrieAnn Winter playing Lady Blue Onyx who discovers a troubling truth. 

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    • 52 min
    Alan Moon

    Alan Moon

    The week's guest is designer of Ticket to Ride, Alan Moon. We talk about fighting in Vietnam, the grind of being a designer and huge success...but which games did he choose?

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    Dice Miner Carcassonne:Hunters and Gatherers That's Pretty Clever Love Letter It's a Wonderful World

    • 1 hr 3 min
    The Temple of Elemental Evil-Prologue 2-An Esoteric Delver

    The Temple of Elemental Evil-Prologue 2-An Esoteric Delver

    In the second prologue episode of 5G4D’s actual play of The Temple of Elemental Evil we meet the Dwarf Druid, Gunnar Stoneleaf and find out why he is travelling to Hommnet.

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    • 1 hr 9 min
    5G4D News-The Steam Dragon Episode

    5G4D News-The Steam Dragon Episode

    In this episode Ben speaks to Martin Wallace about Steam Power and Pini Shekhter about Sea Dragons. Also we give you nicknames and answer your questions. Get on it!


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    • 1 hr 49 min
    Spielworxx Bulletin-Conflicts of Interest

    Spielworxx Bulletin-Conflicts of Interest

    In this episode Ben and Uli talk about the relationship with the media and publishers and if there's a conflict of interest.

    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
58 Ratings

58 Ratings

Up Late Again ,

5G4D can’t be beaten.

I’ve been listening to Ben since the earlier days of his previous podcasting venture, and over the years he has just gotten better and better. I don’t always agree with his opinions, but I never tire of his hard work and dedication to delivering excellent interviews and commentary. He and Steve have developed a comfortable rapport, and the show always delivers some laughs as well as really interesting content. Ben’s game reviews break away from the tired format of “sort of teach the game, just enough to bore you without actually telling you enough to play, what did we like/dislike, etc.” Instead, he puts a game into context with similar games, rants about thematic strengths or weaknesses, treats games as cultural and artistic products and discusses what they bring to our lives.
True, there’s a lot of swearing, so if that puts you off be forewarned, but for most of us, that’s “a feature, not a bug”.

chileangumbino ,

Top of the heap

A great, talented; funny, sufficiently attractive person doing fantastic, smart, to the point interviews. I wish I was Ben Maddox.

Gaby
Host of Board Game Snobs

Musicman-J ,

Good!

Really like the episodes where he interviews and gets the 5 games from people in the industry. The news shows are…mostly entertaining, somewhat meandering, but when I listen to them they are pretty notable for several intrusive and relatively long commercials. Kind of a big turnoff for me personally. I don’t begrudge the need to monetize the podcast at all, but I guess I’d rather just give on patreon than with mycommercial listening, the way most other boardgame podcasts do.

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